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TIL that when Harald Bohr (brother of Niels Bohr), noted Danish mathematician & footballer, defended his doctoral thesis the audience consisted of more football fans than mathematicians.

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mR0Y TIL the highest casualty rate ever suffered by the US Army (97.6%) came at the hands of indigenous forces at the Battle of the Wabash. The battle wiped out one-quarter of the entire US Army and led to the first-ever congressional investigation of the executive branch.
Xvjj TIL in Ancient Egypt, little people were well-respected and some were considered to be gods. The Egyptians were tolerant of of many medical disorders, and they thought that caring for all people was a moral duty.
R7w5w TIL in 1965 six boys from Tonga skipped school and 'borrowed' a boat. After a storm and 8 days adrift, they survived alone on a small rocky island for 15 months. They stayed friends and worked together to survive and stay fit. After their rescue they were jailed (shortly) for stealing the boat.
jeEn TIL Glenn Beck was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict for over 15 years, was diagnosed with ADHD, and has described himself as “borderline schizophrenic”
GALQ4 TIL the internationally recognised start of Earth's second-most recent geological age (the Pleistocene, aka the "Ice Age") is officially defined as the time when a specific species of algae became extinct